Car-coupling



(No Model.)

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No. 557,215. V Patented Mar. 31, 189 6.

Hll Ill l llllllllllll UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MOSS, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSFTTS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,215, dated March31, 1896.

Application filed February 19, 1896. Serial No. 579,900. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHNMOSS, a citizen of the United States, residingat Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Couplers; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incar-couplers, and especially to a coupler in which'a gravity-pin andlink are utilized to effect the coupling, suitable mechanism beingprovided to raise the link from its engaging relation, while anattachment to the lever carrying the couplingpin, which is pivotedwithin the draw-head, bears against the link, allowing the latter to bewithdrawn without any hindrance.

A further object of my invention resides in the provision of acam-shaped piece, which is secured to a pivoted lever carrying acoupling-pin, and which is disposed at right angles to the said pin whenthe latter is in a looking position, but when the said lever is raisedto be downwardly inclined and to bear against the upper face of thelink.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the sameconsists, further, in the novel construction, combination, andadaptation of the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described,and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I clearly illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which,with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which drawings similar letters of referenceindicate like parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is avertical central longitudinal view through my improved coupler. Fig. 2is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailview of the couplingpin and lever carrying the same.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the drawhead of the coupler, which is held by a pin B to abar 0 held to the truck of the car, and D is a spring seated in a recessof the drawhead and bearing between the same and the end a portion ofthe truck of the car common in ordinary cars.

The forward end of the draw-head is recessed out at E and has ahorizontally-disposed slot F, in which the link G is adapted to slide.Pivoted on a pin carried in apertures in the walls of the recess E is alever H, and to the outer projecting ends of said lever is pivoted thepin J. Secured to one side of the lever His the cam-shaped member K, thelower edge of which is adapted to rest on the link when the pin J islifted to uncouple the coupler, thus serving to guide the link andprevent its end catching against any portion of the lever or pin as thelink is withdrawn.

Pivoted to the walls of the draw-head is the crank-rod M, the crankportion of which is designed to rest over the lever H, to depress thesame, which carries with it the pin. The outer end of each rod is heldin an extension M at one corner of the car, whereby it will beconvenient to uncouple the cars without going between the cars.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A car-coupler, the combination with the draw-head carrying, pivotedwithin a recess therein, a lever carrying a pin, means for raising thesaid lever, and a cam-shaped member secured to the said lever, andadapted to rest against a link, as the pin is raised and the linkwithdrawn, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a car-coupler the combination with the draw-head recessed, a leverH pivoted to the inner walls thereof, a pin J pivoted to the bifurcatedend of said lever, a cam-shaped member K, secured to the side of thelever H designed to bear against the upper face of the link, as the linkis withdrawn, and the crankrod M, the crank portion of which is designedto be depressed against the lever H, to raise the said pin, allsubstantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 10o in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN MOSS.

